10 September 2020
During yesterday’s protest organized by VMRO-DPMNE, journalist Milka Smilevska and cameramen Jorde Angelovik were attacked and were prevented from doing their work. While they were taking a statement from one of the protesters, the attacker firstly asked Smilevska whether she reports for Al Jazeera Balkans and then pushed her microphone. “The police have detained the […]
16 August 2019
Journalist associations, non-governmental organizations and political parties from the country reacted on Prime Minister’s Zoran Zaev statement on the case “Reket”. He said that “he will not allow a few criminals, one vain journalist and a faggot to overthrow the current government”. The Association of Journalists of Macedonia demanded the Prime Minister immediately apologize to […]
10 May 2019
The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) will be investigating 36 employments at the Public Revenue Office (UJP) through employment agencies for temporary employments dating from 2017 until now due to suspicions of party employments. Among the employees are the spouse of the Director of the Shutka, Gjoko Kotevski and the sister of an […]
18 April 2019
The government has welcomed the country’s advancement on the list of media freedom that is made each year by the Reporters Without Borders organization. “After the stagnation and the decline of media freedom in the years prior to 2017, this rise is a definite indicator that the measures and activities in the concept of an […]
15 January 2019
In response to yesterday’s statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the MFA (Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) says that the procedure for passing the constitutional changes in accordance with the Prespa Agreement is with full respect of the envisaged parliamentary procedure and the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, and expressed regret that […]
4 December 2018
A total of 14 civil organizations, including the Foundation Open Society – Macedonia, the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia, today issued a second response to the government, setting a deadline of 10 days to determine accountability for former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s escape. Otherwise, say the […]
26 November 2018
Through the Partnership for Better Business Regulation project, implemented with the support of USAID, the four chambers in the country will releases a joint reaction regarding the bill on personal income that will be adopted after a fast-track procedure, announced the President of the Economic Chamber of Macedonia, Branko Azeski in his column published on […]
27 March 2018
The Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that it has decided to expel a diplomat from the Russian Federation following the poisoning of x-spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, United Kingdom. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to announce that after close consultation with our EU and NATO allies and partners and in solidarity […]
15 March 2018
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, addressing the public, said that the Law on the Use of Languages is a serious contribution to building the concept of “one society for all citizens”, which was supported by the majority of citizens in the last parliamentary and local elections, too. Zaev stressed that the Law is fully in order […]
14 March 2018
The Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) strongly condemns the direct threats made against journalist Snezana Lupevska Sozen and “Telma” TV during yesterday’s interview on “Top Tema” by the head of “IGM Trade”, Ilija Gechev , read a statement by the SSNM. It adds that the threat which was made in public that […]
14 February 2018
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia states that the re-election of Marjan Cvetkovski as manager of the Macedonian Radio-television will not contribute to the reformation of the public broadcasting service and its liberation from political control, said AJM’s reaction. They said that the choice of Cvetkovski is the result of the great pressure that was […]
7 February 2018
In reaction to the press conference by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the statement that he is ready for a name with a geographical heading, VMRO-DPMNE writes that Zaev should inform the public what that name is, whether there will be an English transcription and whether it will be for international use only. “Is he prepared for […]
5 February 2018
The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affair issued an announcement regarding Commissioner Johannes Hahn’s numerous references to the name Macedonia instead of FYROM. In a lengthy interview for the German magazine “Der Spiegel” Hahn has constantly used the name Macedonia whenever he addressed the negotiations for the country’s EU accession. Athens has called on Hahn to […]
22 January 2018
The Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reacted to the major protest yesterday in Thessaloniki, where a Macedonian flag was burned. Despite building confidence measures by the two governments, unfortunately, there are still incidents of people still living in the past, said the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The entire region and our […]
20 January 2018
The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania today condemned the hate speech against Albanians which was drawn on concrete walls in a public space in Bitola and urged the Macedonian authorities to investigate the case. It is about the facade of a building in Bitola, and on the wall, it says, “Death to […]
26 December 2017
The annual address of the President of R. of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov at the Parliament, according to SDSM is a “shameful and party-political speech, where Ivanov proved once again that he neither has been nor shall be a president for all citizens.” the ruling party said that apart from that, President Ivanov showed that “he […]
7 December 2017
The announcement that there will be a pre-trial procedure for the interview with Vuk Jeremić is yet more proof that Macedonia has no legal system and that justice is not equal for all, but the persecution of a party-political commissioned by Zaev and his junta, reads the reaction of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE, after today’s statement […]
6 December 2017
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have no comment regarding the arrest of 36 people, all suspected of violence in Parliament on April 27th, who 6 happen to be MPs from the opposition, VMRO-DPMNE. Today, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, states “for a comment on the situation in Macedonia, where late […]
10 November 2017
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s statement in the Montenegrin media is based on the experiences of the region and the reactions of the Russian Federation when other countries from the region want to join NATO, stated the government after yesterday’s reactions from Moscow concerning Zaev’s statements in an interview with the Montenegrin radio “Antenna M “. […]
3 November 2017
The Association of Journalists in Macedonia claims that the attitude of the institutions is completely unacceptable and that their aim is to intimidate journalists and encourage self-censorship when covering certain court hearings. Yesterday, Mahmuti and Uka, as stated in the statement by the AJM, were detained for six hours at a police station, on the […]
